PhenomeGene — Human Disease Gene Website SeriesEP300

Clinical Characteristics

RTS is a multisystem disorder. EP300is associated with RTS type 2 (RTS2).

The typical clinical presentation of RTS2 includes:
•    Developmental delay and intellectual disability (ID):
Highly variable with intelligence quotient (IQ) ranging from 25 to 79.
RTS2 patients have a higher average cognitive level.
For RTS2 patients on average the cognitive level tends more towards the higher level.

•    Typical facial dysmorphism:

RTS2 patients can have mild facial characteristics, like a low hanging nasal septum.

•    Distal limb and skeletal abnormalities:
Abnormalities of the extremities are usually one of the most characteristic phenotypic elements to evoke the diagnosis

•    Growth retardation
•    Hypertrichosis
•    Maternal preeclampsia  


Other less frequently reported clinical features are:
•    Cardiac anomalies
•    Low blood sugar
•    Non specific EEG abnormalities
•    Brain malformations
•    Dental abnormalities
•    Ocular abnormalities
•    Feeding problems
•    Urinary tract anomalies
•    Keloid and hypertrophic scars